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Seven Days of 1961

Jerry Mitchell

George Malvaney

William Morris

William Garfield Walker

William Alsup

Frederick Douglass

Jack Johnson

Seth Dickinson

John Perkins

Steve Forbert

Jesmyn Ward

Jackie Robinson

Jennifer Palmieri

Jim Moore

Shirley Chisholm

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Brenda Travis of McComb, Mississippi, encountered the dangers of merely existing in Jim Crow’s America as a child after witnessing her brother’s unlawful arrest in the middle of the night. It would be that event that inspired a young Travis to enter the arena, ready and willing to fight for injustice. After partnering with a civil rights organizer in town, 16-year-old Travis led a sit-in at the local Greyhound bus station. She became known as a member of the McComb Five, where she’d not only be the youngest participant, but the only woman in the movement. Despite being jailed for a month and expelled from school, Travis’ existence and hunger for justice elevated the local movement which sparked strikes and marches. In this episode of Black History In Two Minutes or So hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr., with additional commentary from Imani Perry of Princeton University and Hasan Jeffries of Ohio State University, we look at a young activist who quickly recognized the power in rallying like-minded people in the name of advanced equal rights for all. Black History in Two Minutes (or so) is a 4x Webby Award winning series. If you haven’t already, please review us on Apple Podcasts! It’s a helpful way to for new listeners to discover what we are doing here: Podcast.Apple.com/Black-History-in-Two-Minutes/ Archival Materials Courtesy of: • Alamy Images • Everett Collection, Inc. • Getty Images Additional Archival Material Courtesy of: • University of California, Los Angeles Executive Producers: • Robert F. Smith • Henry Louis Gates Jr. • Dyllan McGee • Deon Taylor Senior Producer: • William Ventura Series Producers: • Chinisha Scott • William Ventura Executive in Charge of Production: • Robert L. Yacyshyn Post Production Supervisor: • Veronica Leib Post Production Coordinator: • Katherine Swiatek Written By: • Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Additional Writing: • Kevin Burke • Kelsi Lindus • Chinisha Scott • William Ventura Editors: • Margaret Metzger • Anne Yao Producer: • Kevin Burke Archival Producer: • Megan Graham Research: • Zoë Smith Assistant Editors: • Patrice Bowman • Nicholas Mastrangelo Director of Photography: • Nikki Bramley • Nausheen Dadabhoy • Stephen McCarthy Graphic Design: • Anthony Kraus Special Thanks: • Daina Ramey Berry • Sam Hartley • Elyssa Hess • Stacey Holman • Hasan Jeffries • Peniel Joseph • Imani Perry Music By: • Oovra Music Be Woke presents is brought to you by Robert F. Smith and Deon Taylor. Follow Black History in Two Minutes on Facebook Follow Black History in Two Minutes on Instagram Subscribe to Black History in Two Minutes Youtube Channel ‘Black History in Two Minutes’ is also available on Apple.  Distributed by aone.la Powered by hyperengine.ai

Brenda Travis of McComb, Mississippi, encountered the dangers of merely existing in Jim Crow’s America as a child after witnessing her brother’s unlawful arrest in the middle of the night. It would be that event that inspired a young Travis to enter the arena, ready and willing to fight for injustice. After partnering with a civil rights organizer in town, 16-year-old Travis led a sit-in at the local Greyhound bus station. She became known as a member of the McComb Five, where she’d not only be the youngest participant, but the only woman in the movement. Despite being jailed for a month and expelled from school, Travis’ existence and hunger for justice elevated the local movement which sparked strikes and marches. In this episode of Black History In Two Minutes or So hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr., with additional commentary from Imani Perry of Princeton University and Hasan Jeffries of Ohio State University, we look at a young activist who quickly recognized the power in rallying like-minded people in the name of advanced equal rights for all. Black History in Two Minutes (or so) is a 4x Webby Award winning series. If you haven’t already, please review us on Apple Podcasts! It’s a helpful way to for new listeners to discover what we are doing here: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-history-in-two-minutes/id1466867032" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast.Apple.com/Black-History-in-Two-Minutes/</a> Archival Materials Courtesy of: • Alamy Images • Everett Collection, Inc. • Getty Images Additional Archival Material Courtesy of: • University of California, Los Angeles Executive Producers: • Robert F. Smith • Henry Louis Gates Jr. • Dyllan McGee • Deon Taylor Senior Producer: • William Ventura Series Producers: • Chinisha Scott • William Ventura Executive in Charge of Production: • Robert L. Yacyshyn Post Production Supervisor: • Veronica Leib Post Production Coordinator: • Katherine Swiatek Written By: • Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Additional Writing: • Kevin Burke • Kelsi Lindus • Chinisha Scott • William Ventura Editors: • Margaret Metzger • Anne Yao Producer: • Kevin Burke Archival Producer: • Megan Graham Research: • Zoë Smith Assistant Editors: • Patrice Bowman • Nicholas Mastrangelo Director of Photography: • Nikki Bramley • Nausheen Dadabhoy • Stephen McCarthy Graphic Design: • Anthony Kraus Special Thanks: • Daina Ramey Berry • Sam Hartley • Elyssa Hess • Stacey Holman • Hasan Jeffries • Peniel Joseph • Imani Perry Music By: • Oovra Music Be Woke presents is brought to you by Robert F. Smith and Deon Taylor. Follow Black History in Two Minutes <a href="https://www.facebook.com/blackhistoryintwominutes/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">on Facebook</a> Follow Black History in Two Minutes <a href="https://www.instagram.com/blackhistoryintwominutes/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">on Instagram</a> Subscribe to Black History in Two Minutes <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYYNgeK89XFPu-7qUm8edqg" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Youtube Channel</a> ‘Black History in Two Minutes’ is also available on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-history-in-two-minutes-or-so/id1466867032" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Apple</a>. Distributed by<a href="https://aone.la" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> aone.la</a> Powered by <a href="https://hyperengine.ai" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">hyperengine.ai</a>

McComb native Brenda Travis writes about her harrowing experience as a young teenager in the sixties, fighting for civil rights and getting run out of the state because of it. Her story is captured in Mississippi’s Exiled Daughter: How My Civil Rights Baptism under Fire Shaped My Life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

McComb native Brenda Travis writes about her harrowing experience as a young teenager in the sixties, fighting for civil rights and getting run out of the state because of it. Her story is captured in Mississippi’s Exiled Daughter: How My Civil Rights Baptism under Fire Shaped My Life. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Marshall Ramsey

Today our guest is Civil Rights Movement veteran Brenda Travis.  We sit down and talk with her about her new memoir “MS Exiled Daughter: How My Civil Rights Baptism Under Fire Shaped My Life".  Mrs. Travis recounts how her anger over the treatment of African Americans in Mississippi and beloved hometown gave way to determination and moved her to join the civil rights struggle as a teenager and how two days in 1961 changed the course of her life forever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today our guest is Civil Rights Movement veteran Brenda Travis. We sit down and talk with her about her new memoir “MS Exiled Daughter: How My Civil Rights Baptism Under Fire Shaped My Life". Mrs. Travis recounts how her anger over the treatment of African Americans in Mississippi and beloved hometown gave way to determination and moved her to join the civil rights struggle as a teenager and how two days in 1961 changed the course of her life forever. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Now You're Talking w/ Marshall Ramsey: Brenda Travis; Mississippi’s Exiled Daughter